[Emile-devel] Re: [linux-mac68k] Booting from a CDROM

[Raylynn K. <aud...@sp...>]

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 20:12 +0100, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on EMILE to make a CDROM bootable.
> 
> I've a very experimental floppy image that allows to boot from a  
> floppy and then load kernel and ramdisk from a CD.
> 
> You can find it at http://emile.sourceforge.net/SNAPSHOT/emile- 
> cdboot.bin
> 
> I've tested it with the install CD (Binary-1 or netboot) of woody and  
> sarge.
> 
> Put the CD in the CD drive (SCSI id 3) , the floppy in the floppy  
> drive and boot...
> 
> Any comments ?
> 

Tested this successfully using sarge netinst CD with the following
hardware:

Quadra 630 w/ 136 MB DRAM - Onboard Sonic Ethernet
Quadra 610 w/ 68 MB DRAM - Onboard Sonic Ethernet
Performa 638CD w/ 68 MB DRAM - PDS CS8900 Ethernet

I will test more hardware as I have time.

Ray